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Hybrid Robot Walks, Transforms, And Takes Flight
Curated from hackaday.com - October 19th, 2018 by RobotShop

[Project Malaikat] is a 3D printed hybrid bipedal walker and quadcopter robot, but there's much more to it than just sticking some props and a flight controller to a biped and calling it a day. No

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Robotic tractor sets world record for autonomous snow removal – DC Velocity
Curated from www.dcvelocity.com - October 19th, 2018 by RobotShop

Finnish firm unleashes 45 mph driverless snowplow—on a closed road, of course.

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This Robotic Hand Can Shift Gears to Catch a Beer Can and Crush It
Curated from motherboard.vice.com - October 19th, 2018 by RobotShop

By creating a lightweight, 3D-printed “transmission,” engineers were able to build a hand that is strong when it needs to be and fast when it needs to be.

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This robot is co-taught a college course at West Point - 
Curated from www.axios.com - October 19th, 2018 by RobotShop

Two sessions of an introduction to ethics philosophy course.

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MIT is Building a New $1 Billion College Dedicated to All Things A.I.
Curated from www.digitaltrends.com - October 18th, 2018 by RobotShop

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has announced a new $1 billion college of computing that is designed to offer the best possible education to future machine learning A.I. experts. The college will offer its first program starting in the fall semester of 2019. You'd better get applying!

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Is this robot really going to replace a security guard?
Curated from www.recode.net - October 18th, 2018 by RobotShop

Or is it just an expensive office toy?

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Artificial intelligence system uses transparent, human-like reasoning to solve problems
Curated from news.mit.edu - October 18th, 2018 by RobotShop

Artificial intelligence model from the MIT Lincoln Laboratory's Intelligence and Decision Technologies Group sets a new standard for understanding how a neural network makes decisions.

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15 Medical Robots That Are Changing the World
Curated from interestingengineering.com - October 18th, 2018 by RobotShop

15 Medical Robots That Are Changing the World

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Army researchers develop novel technique to locate robots and soldiers in GPS-challenged environments
Curated from www.therobotreport.com - October 18th, 2018 by RobotShop

Army scientists have developed a novel algorithm that enables localization of humans and robots in areas where GPS is unavailable.

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Quadrotor Maintains High Speed Flight With Just Three Rotors - IEEE Spectrum
Curated from spectrum.ieee.org - October 17th, 2018 by RobotShop

If you don't mind a little spinning, quadrotors can operate just fine as trirotors

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The robot eye with an all-round field of view
Curated from www.therobotreport.com - October 17th, 2018 by RobotShop

The robot eye with an all-round field of view

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Rise of robots ‘could see workers enjoy four-day weeks’ | Money | The Guardian
Curated from www.theguardian.com - October 17th, 2018 by RobotShop

Benefits of automation must be passed on to staff, says thinktank

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How General Motors is preparing for an electric, autonomous, connected future
Curated from www.digitaltrends.com - October 17th, 2018 by RobotShop

How does an established automaker like General Motors adapt to new tech trends? By looking for people and solutions outside the mainstream, says Ken Kelzer, GM VP of global vehicle components and subsystems. See how GM is preparing for connected, autonomous, and electric cars.

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See Spot dance: Watch a Boston Dynamics robot get a little funky
Curated from techcrunch.com - October 17th, 2018 by RobotShop

In this fun video the Boston Dynamics Spot dances, wiggles, and shimmies right into our hearts. This little four-legged robot – a smaller sibling to the massive Big Dog – is surprisingly agile and the team at Boston Robotics have taught the little robot to dance to Bruno Mars which mean…

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A Robot Will Appear Before UK Parliament As a Witness For the First Time •
Curated from digit.fyi - October 16th, 2018 by RobotShop

Pepper will be the first robot questioned by MPs as part of an inquiry into robotics, artificial intelligence (AI) and the fourth industrial revolution.

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Could an artificial intelligence be considered a person under the law?
Curated from phys.org - October 16th, 2018 by RobotShop

Humans aren't the only people in society – at least according to the law. In the U.S., corporations have been given rights of free speech and religion. Some natural features also have person-like rights. But both of those required changes to the legal system. A new argument has laid a path for artif...

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Robotiq’s Insights Now Provides Remote Access to the Robot Cell
Curated from blog.robotiq.com - October 16th, 2018 by RobotShop

Application experts can now access the teach pendant and video streams from the robot cell thanks to Robotiq's Insights monitoring software. They get all the live information needed to troubleshoot the application and (re)start production faster.

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Watch Boston Dynamics Spot robot inspect construction sites in Japan
Curated from www.therobotreport.com - October 16th, 2018 by RobotShop

Boston Dynamics shows its Spot robot inspecting construction sites in Japan, giving a glimpse into real-world applications for the four-legged robot.

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Report: Amazon wants robots that can do the work of warehouse pickers
Curated from www.fastcompany.com - October 16th, 2018 by RobotShop

The report comes less than two weeks after Amazon announced it was raising its minimum wage.

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Robots in Photos: SpotMini, iCub, and More from IROS 2018
Curated from spectrum.ieee.org - October 15th, 2018 by RobotShop

Couldn't make it to IROS? Check out some pics of what you missed in Madrid

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The US military wants to teach AI some basic common sense
Curated from www.technologyreview.com - October 15th, 2018 by RobotShop

Even the best AI programs still make stupid mistakes. So DARPA is launching a competition to remedy the field’s most glaring flaw.

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Watch Shimon the marimba-playing robot play along to jazz, reggae, and hip hop
Curated from techcrunch.com - October 15th, 2018 by RobotShop

Shimon is a marbima-playing robot with some real soul. This crazy little robot, created by Gil Weinberg at the Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology, can listen to the other players around it and play out little ditties in response to the music. In short, it’s the world’s best jazz a…

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Boston Dynamics' Atlas Robot Shows Off Parkour Skills - IEEE Spectrum
Curated from spectrum.ieee.org - October 15th, 2018 by RobotShop

The agile humanoid is learning to use its whole body to leap higher than ever

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AI Could Provide Moment-by-Moment Nursing for a Hospital’s Sickest Patients - IEEE Spectrum
Curated from spectrum.ieee.org - October 15th, 2018 by RobotShop

In the intensive care unit, artificial intelligence can keep watch at a patient’s bedside

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